Parashat Achrei Mot 5809 / פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
/ 22 Nisan 5809 (Israel)
Parashat Achrei Mot is the 29th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
This page displays the Israel Torah reading for Achrei Mot 5809. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30
Achrei Mot (“After The Death”) opens by describing the ritual service of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It then details the prohibitions of offering sacrifices outside of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and of eating animal blood, and ends with a list of forbidden sexual relations. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 16:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
- 2: 16:18-24 · 7 p’sukim
- 3: 16:25-34 · 10 p’sukim
- 4: 17:1-7 · 7 p’sukim
- 5: 17:8-18:5 · 14 p’sukim
- 6: 18:6-21 · 16 p’sukim
- 7: 18:22-30 · 9 p’sukim
- maf: 18:28-30 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Amos 9:7-15 · 9 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 22:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Achrei Mot: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Achrei Mot is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Achrei Mot from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Achrei Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30) and Haftarah (Amos 9:7-15): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
- Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
- The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
- Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
- A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
- Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, 1988
- Modification of the Triennial Cycle Readings for Combined Parashot in Certain Years
- Rabbi Miles B. Cohen, 2020
- Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
- Avram Israel Reisner, 2014
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